Grandparents raising grandchildren - Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) information exchangehttp://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/bibliographies/grandparentsraising.phpThe latest material added to the Australian Institute of Family Studies library database is displayed, up to a maximum of 30 itemsen-usCopyright 2015 Commonwealth of Australiaweb@aifs.gov.au (AIFS Webmaster)Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:22:34 +1100Search(grandparents or grandmothers or grandfathers){691} and ('parent role'){691}AIFS library catalog search query stringhttp://library.aifs.gov.au/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?searchdata1=grandparents%20or%20grandmothers%20or%20grandfathers&srchfield2=691&searchdata2='parent%20role'&searchoper1=AND&sort_by=-PBYRHolland J and Edwards RHoundmills England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.2014Understanding families over time : research and policy"Based on a large-scale qualitative longitudinal study of the life course conducted in the UK (Timescapes Study), this unique collection reveals close-up - and in their own words - the experiences of children and young people, parents, and older generations. The participants' lives and times are explored through multiple accounts of their changing trajectories. Collectively, the contributions examine family and generational relationships in all their complexity as they change and develop. Tackling a diverse group of people from varied backgrounds and geographical locations, each individual chapter is concerned with particular stages of the life course, delivering policy-relevant findings to address individual and family lives over time. [This book] also has a methodological twist: change and continuity through biographical, historical and generational time are integral aspects of the overall study."http://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/bibliographies/grandparentsraising.php#ckey149068Wilton V and Davey JWellington, NZ : Families Commission, 20062006Grandfathers: their changing family roles and contributions.Research from around the world on the role of grandfathers is analysed, and the situation of grandfathers in New Zealand examined. The report discusses demographic trends and social change, the roles of grandfathers and grandmothers, New Zealand information on grandparents, older men and gender roles, life course development, the experience of grandfatherhood, grandfathers as surrogate parents, ethnic differences, and grandfathers and intergenerational factors.http://www.nzfamilies.org.nz/sites/default/files/downloads/BS-grandfathers.pdfapplication/pdf; 287KBhttp://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/bibliographies/grandparentsraising.php#ckey77566Grandparents Australia Inc.Kensington, Vic. : Grandparents Australia Inc., 2004.2004A report of a national survey of grandparents conducted in 2004 by Grandparents Australia Inc.Grandparents speak 2004 : a report of a national survey of grandparentshttp://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/bibliographies/grandparentsraising.php#ckey52431Jewell P and Blackmore PCamberwell, Vic. : ACER Press, 2004.2004From strength to strength : a manual for professionals who facilitate diverse parent groupsParents attend parent groups for a wide range of reasons, bringing with them a diverse set of experiences and requiring differing levels of support. This manual is designed for facilitators of parent groups, and is set out in modules so that facilitators can select the modules most appropriate for the specific mix of parents in the group with which they are working. The four core modules cover child development, behaviour and discipline, communication, and emotional well being for each of four age groups from birth to eighteen. There are also specialist modules which focus on parents with similar backgrounds or issues: for instance, adolescent parents, parenting grandchildren, parenting in a step family or blended family, parents with substance abuse issues. The overriding principle of each module is that the facilitator maintains a positive, strength based focus that identifies and builds on each parent's strengths.http://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/bibliographies/grandparentsraising.php#ckey51089McDonald PUnpublished, 1994, 7p. Paper presented to the Working Conference on Our Children's Futures: Emerging directions for Early Childhood Education and Care, School of Early Childhood, Queensland University of Technology, 6-8 February 19941994The social context of early childhood in Australia.There is a tendency in early childhood studies to focus upon the physiological and psychological development of children in isolation from the social context in which the child lives. This can lead to the notion that there is one, ideal or proper way in which children should be nurtured or raised - it remains simply for us to find that way and to agree upon it. Much of the research work on the effects of non-parental care upon children has been driven by this notion. The author argues that there is a need for research which rather than trying to establish the perfect approach to the raising of all children, recognises that children will inevitably be raised in a wide range of social contexts. We need then, he states, to look at approaches which maximise the benefits to children given their own particular social context. This paper describes some of the range of social contexts in which young Australian children live today. These social contexts include: children living only with their mother, grandparent care, labour force participation of parents and work-related child care. Finally the author looks at how governments try to respond to the diversity of the early childhood experience and the family policy options available.http://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/bibliographies/grandparentsraising.php#ckey117448